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Dutch diplomat faces 15 years in prison for spying for Russia

The public prosecution department of the Netherlands has charged a former Dutch Foreign Ministry employee with selling state information to Russia. If proven guilty, he will face 15 years in prison.

12:43 10.04.2013

Dutch police wrap up investigation into Russian activist's death

The Dutch police have completed the investigation into Russian national Alexander Dolmatov's death in the Netherlands. Alexander Dolmatov, a member of the Other Russia unregistered party, was involved in the case of the Bolotnaya Square rally in Moscow in May 2012. When the police began to arrest suspects in the case, he fled from Russia and sought political asylum in the Netherlands.

14:37 29.03.2013

Dutch Supreme Court rules that forcibly making out does not constitute rape

The Dutch Supreme Court held Tuesday to remove kissing with tongue from the list of offenses that can be charged as rape under the country’s criminal code.

15:44 13.03.2013

No grounds for an international investigation into activist's death

There are no grounds for an international investigation into Russian opposition activist Alexander Dolmatov's death in the Netherlands, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday.

13:35 14.02.2013

Citizens ask US to sanction Dutch officials over Russian oppositionist's suicide

A petition has been published on the White House's website requesting that the US Congress compile a Dolmatov list featuring all Dutch officials deemed responsible for Russian opposition activist Alexander Dolmatov's suicide.

15:55 24.01.2013

Activist prosecuted for rioting in Moscow last May commits suicide

Alexander Dolmatov, who was one of the defendants in the case over the Bolotnaya Square riots which occurred on May 6 last year, has committed suicide in Amsterdam, his lawyer told RAPSI.

10:24 18.01.2013

Acquittal of Croatian generals brings into question ICTY's impartiality

Moscow questions the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia's (ICTY) acquittal of Croatian generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac, reads the comment published by the Foreign Ministry's Information and Press Department.

10:39 19.11.2012

Ruling on Shell injunction against Greenpeace protests expected October 5

Shell Royal Dutch PLC expects a ruling on its claim for an injunction against Greenpeace — whose polar-bear costume clad activists shut down a number of Shell gas stations throughout the Netherlands earlier this month — to be handed down next Friday October 5.

14:09 24.09.2012